Charles Broadway Rouss

Charles Broadway Rouss (1836-1902) was a Confederate veteran of the American Civil War and a New York businessman who pledged $100,000 toward a building to house artifacts of southern leaders - the "Battle Abbey" - leading to veterans to create the Confederate Memorial Association.

Biography
Charles Broadway Rouss was born in Winchester, Virginia in 1836, and he was its most successful storekeeper before the American Civil War. During the war, he served in the 12th Virginia Infantry of the Confederate States Army, and, after the war, he opened a dry goods store in New York City. In 1894, he pledged $100,000 - half of the amount required - for the construction of the "Battle Abbey", a building to house artifacts of southern leaders. He did not live long enough to see the project completed, which it was in 1921.